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• Kenitra
  Kenitra

  noun

  a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
• Kénitra
  Kénitra

  noun

  a port in NW Morocco, on the Sebou River 16 km (10 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 598 000 (2003)

Kenitra

American  

[kuh-nee-truh] / kəˈni trə /

noun

1. a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.

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Kénitra British  

/ kenitra /

noun

1. Former name (1932–56): Port Lyautey.  Also called: Mina Hassan Tani.  a port in NW Morocco, on the Sebou River 16 km (10 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 598 000 (2003)

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Example Sentences

"After all, it's not like we're home," he said, standing outside his blue tent marked "B190" in a makeshift camp set up by authorities near the city of Kenitra.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Images show the Kenitra region and the town of Ksar El Kebir in Larache province of Morocco, submerged in floodwater after recent heavy rainfall.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

However, last week he was freed by royal decree from a jail in Kenitra, north of the capital.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2013

Demonstrations were also reported in the cities of Kenitra, Tangier and Tetouan, as well as outside the Moroccan embassy in Paris.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2013

As public relations officer at the U.S. naval base at Kenitra, Blair kept the prince supplied with gifts from the PX.

From Time Magazine Archive